Deniz Uğur
Born	(1973-10-17) October 17, 1973 Ankara, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Istanbul University
Occupation(s)	Actress, scriptwriter
Spouses	İsmail Hakkı Sunat ​ ​ (m. 1997; died 2004)​ Erdinç Gülener ​ (m. 2021)​
Partner	Reha Muhtar (2008–2010)
Children	3

Deniz Uğur (born October 17, 1973) is a Turkish film actress, script writer and dubbing artist.^[1]

Early life and family

Deniz Uğur is the single child of opera singer Mete Uğur and ballerina Suna Uğur. The chamberlain of Sultan Abdulhamid II, İhsan Bey, was the father of her grandmother Saliha Hanım, and her grandparent Nadir Bayer was raised under the auspices of Naime Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II in Ottoman palace. She is also related to Keriman Halis Ece^[2] and David Bennent.^[3]

She is a mother of three children named Engin Deniz, Mina Deniz and Poyraz Deniz.

Education and career

She graduated from Istanbul University Conservatory of Ballet Department, after taking the examinations of higher education and graduated in 1995. Before graduation, she played lead role on Görünmeyen Dostlar with Şükran Güngör and Kadriye Kenter in Kenter Theatre, and began the professional theatre career. She drew attention with French Comedy Çetin Ceviz by playing lead role with Cihan Ünal and Nevra Serezli. In 1997, at Ankara Movie Fest, with owing the role in Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi she has been awarded as Promising Actress.

After her long break on cinema and theater, through leading with Engin Alkan on Huysuz Musical, she became a candidate on Afife Awards although without musical branch.

In 2015, she was applauded by Yıldız Kenter and Haldun Dormen for her leading performance on Guguk Kuşu with Oktay Kaynarca.

She is also a columnist, script writer, songwriter and novel-writer.^[4]

Filmography

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